Oxidative Stress Increased in Healthcare Workers Working 24-Hour On-Call Shifts

Evaluation of oxidative stress parameters and metabolic activities of nurses working day and night shifts

“…Consequently, shift workers have an increased prevalence of being unhealthy. However, whether prolonged physical and extreme workload and mental stress induce relevant metabolic changes remains poorly understood (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) . Oxidative stress is believed to have a role in the development of chronic diseases.…”

“…In the literature, limited numbers of research studies have been performed to evaluate the oxidative stress parameters of the shift nurses; however, no research study has been performed to investigate the metabolic activities of the nurses on their shifts. Studies that have been previously performed have shown an increased oxidative stress in nurses working on their shifts (4,(9)(10)(11) . Beyond the previous published studies, we found an increased oxidative stress at the end of shifts in all nurses compared to baseline parameters.…”

Serum Pro-oxidant-Antioxidant Balance Assay in Nurses who Working Day and Rotating Night Shift

“…Rotating night shift workers might develop many problems related to health, as fatigue, sleep problems, anxiety and difficulties in maintaining regular lifestyles. Rotating shift work has also been related with increased risk of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer (3)(4)(5)(6)(7).…”

Night Shift and its Impact upon the Quality of Life of Nurses Working at the Teaching Hospitals of the Medical City Complex in Baghdad City, Iraq

“…To find out whether night shift affects the social aspect of nurses or not 60% of respondents stated that their social life is sometimes affected, 33% stated that always their social life is affected that is mean 93% of the nurses are affected and 7% not affected. The aspect of social life involves nurses' families, work relationships and other social groups [6].…”

“…The night-shift nurses has rapidly increased worldwide over the last decades and nurses work long-hour night shift have become under conditions of intense stress. In addition, they often suffer from excessive workloads, stress, minimal social support and low quality of life [6]. Long-term night and shift work in nurses becoming more pessimistic and less vicarious as their training progresses, and might be associated with many health-related problems like fatigue, sleep problems, anxiety and difficulties in maintaining regular lifestyles [7].…”